FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

Chiang Ching-kuo

Chiang Ching-kuo, Chinese politician, President of the Republic of China (born 1910)

Gaius Marius

Gaius Marius, Roman general and politician (born 157 BC)

Dick Gautier

Dick Gautier, American actor (born 1931)

Ernie Kovacs

Ernie Kovacs, American actor and game show host (born 1919)

Edmund Spenser

Edmund Spenser, English poet, Chief Secretary for Ireland (born 1552)

Hilary of Poitiers

Christian feast day: Hilary of Poitiers

Saint Mungo

Christian feast day: Mungo

Saint Knut's Day

Christian feast day: St. Knut's Day or Tjugondag Knut, the last day of Christmas. (Sweden and Finland)

January 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: January 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Public holidays in Cape Verde

Democracy Day (Cape Verde)

Gluten-free diet

Gluten-free diet day

Public holidays in Togo

Liberation Day (Togo)

Malanka

Old New Year's Eve (Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Serbia, Montenegro, Republic of Srpska, North Macedonia), and its related observances: Malanka (Ukraine, Russia, Belarus)

Lohri

Sidereal winter solstice's eve celebrations in South and Southeast Asian cultures; the last day of the six-month Dakshinayana period (see January 14): Lohri (Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh)

Magh Bihu

Sidereal winter solstice's eve celebrations in South and Southeast Asian cultures; the last day of the six-month Dakshinayana period (see January 14): Uruka (Assam)

Stephen Foster Memorial Day

Stephen Foster Memorial Day (United States)

Yennayer

Yennayer (Berbers)

Chiang Ching-kuo

Chiang Ching-kuo, Chinese politician, President of the Republic of China (born 1910)